'KON'
As the Feces Devil prepared to attack the remaining three, a clear, cold male voice suddenly sounded.
On top of a low commercial building nearby, another member of the Anti-Devil Division, Hayakawa Aki, had appeared.
He made a gesture with his hand that resembled a fox—his middle and ring fingers were pressed together with his thumb, mimicking the shape of a fox's mouth.
As the incantation was spoken, a huge fox head appeared out of thin air and swallowed the Feces Devil whole.
"I came as soon as I heard the explosion."
After solving the Devil, Hayakawa Aki stood on the rooftop, seemingly uninterested in stepping into the filthy street below. He looked down at the three of them, then glanced at Power, who was still lying on the ground, and frowned. "What happened? Why has Power lost consciousness?"
"Power... she..."
Just as Kaguya Yamai was about to explain the situation, the fox Devil, chewing on its prey, suddenly opened its eyes wide with anger.
It revealed a human-like disgust, and after tasting the flavor of the Devil it had swallowed, it couldn't help but spit the prey out.
"Hayakawa Aki! What the hell did you make me eat?"
The Feces Devil's enraged voice rang out.
Hearing the question, Hayakawa Aki was taken aback.
He had only just arrived at the scene a few seconds ago.
When he saw Denji and the Yamai sisters, tense and confronting a humanoid made of slime, he instinctively assumed they were in great danger.
After all, even global-level disaster Devils had shown signs of fear, so their strength must not be underestimated.
Without hesitation, he used his most destructive ability, Fox Head, which could kill with a single hit, and summoned the fox to devour the Feces Devil.
As a Devil hunter, the Devil he had contracted with was the well-regarded fox Devil in the Public Security Division.
Although every summon required paying a part of his body as a price, the fox Devil had a fondness for handsome human men, so it never asked for any particularly important parts from Hayakawa Aki.
Their relationship was quite decent.
However, this was the first time he had seen the fox Devil so angry.
"What Devil were you even fighting?" Hayakawa Aki asked, his expression growing serious. "The fox Devil I contracted has never once broken the contract, but now, it doesn't even want to eat it."
"Ugh... Feces Devil..." Kaguya Yamai chuckled awkwardly. "Don't blame the fox Devil. If it were me, I would also spit it out rather than eat it."
"..."
Hayakawa Aki's eye twitched violently.
Although he had been a Devil hunter for several years, this was the first time he had encountered a Devil as extraordinary as this one.
The fox's large head disappeared, but before leaving, it shot one last glare at Hayakawa Aki.
Soon, he could no longer feel his connection with the fox Devil.
"It seems it's really angry now."
Having lost his strongest combat ally, Hayakawa Aki sighed lightly. "Sorry, I'm unable to contribute to this fight. It's all on you now..."
"Watch out!"
Before Hayakawa Aki could finish his sentence, a loud shout came from Kaguya Yamai.
Instinctively, he turned his head sharply.
In his field of vision, a black-brown feces ball was rapidly expanding.
Within moments, it was hurtling toward him at high speed.
A nauseating stench hit him, and his battle instincts immediately kicked in as he tried to dodge.
But it was too late.
"Smack—!"
The black-brown feces ball struck his face, covering his handsome face with thick, sticky liquid.
"Ugh, ugh—!"
Hayakawa Aki desperately clawed at his face, trying to wipe off the filth.
However, the disgusting substance seemed to have a will of its own, squirming on his face and sticking firmly to his skin.
Not only that, but the moving filth began to invade his body through his nostrils, eyes, and mouth.
He felt as if he was suffocating.
Unable to breathe, the stench overwhelming him, Hayakawa Aki desperately struggled in despair.
In his years as a Devil hunter, he had never imagined he would die in such a miserable way.
But being suffocated by feces? He absolutely didn't want to die like that!
"This is the consequence of attacking me."
As if enjoying the final performance of someone about to die, the Feces Devil's voice carried a hint of pleasure. "Hayakawa Aki, you'll die in the most tragic way possible."
"Fucking Devil, I won't let you succeed!"
Seeing her colleague suffer at the hands of the Feces Devil, Kaguya Yamai's expression hardened.
"Anger, Yuzuru won't allow you to harm another member of the Anti-Devil Division."
Yuzuru Yamai's expression also became more serious.
The two Wind Spirits hesitated no longer. Holding their respective angels, they charged at the Feces Devil.
In the blink of an eye, the Feces Devil was shattered into thousands of pieces.
Unfortunately, this kind of damage meant little to the Feces Devil, who could regenerate as long as there was feces available.
However, after seeing the speed of the two, the Feces Devil's expression grew solemn upon reformation.
The ability to force excretion required time to build up, but the sisters' speed was so fast that it couldn't use its powers effectively.
"Then let's play a game of snowball fight!"
Although the Feces Devil's strongest ability was unavailable, it wasn't limited to just that one power.
Around it, dozens of feces balls, similar to the one it had previously hurled at Hayakawa Aki, began to form, scattering in all directions.
However, this dense barrage did nothing to stop the momentum of the Yamai sisters.
A translucent barrier of wind appeared around them, blocking all the foul-smelling feces balls, not letting a single one get close.
Yet, even with this defense, the sisters still found themselves at a standstill with the Feces Devil.
While their power was formidable, the wind's affinity with liquid-based enemies was poor.
They could scatter the Feces Devil's form countless times, but they couldn't stop it from reassembling.
"Now the plan is..."
"Only..."
The Yamai sisters exchanged a glance.
Although they had different personalities, the fact that they were born from the same consciousness made it easy for them to understand each other's intentions.
Once they realized they shared the same idea, they didn't need further discussion and rushed toward the Feces Devil once more.
"Still not understanding? You two foolish Devils!"
Watching the sisters encircle him with a whirlwind, the Feces Devil thought they were about to launch another pointless attack. It sneered, saying, "I'm the Feces Devil! As long as there is feces in this world, I am immortal!"
"Don't be so arrogant, just because you're made of feces!"
"Judgment day, you feces are meant to stay where they belong."
Kaguya Yamai stood to one side, and Yuzuru Yamai summoned the power of wind from beneath the Feces Devil.
But this time, it wasn't the sharp, cutting wind that slashed like blades.
It was a rising gust, an upward wind that lifted the Feces Devil into the air.
With their control over the wind, the Yamai sisters created a dense wind net, trapping the Feces Devil within it.
"You, what are you doing?!" the Feces Devil sensed something was wrong and began to struggle.
But the two didn't bother explaining. They soared straight toward the sky.
Like rockets shooting into the clouds, they ascended rapidly.
In Denji's confused gaze, the three Devils quickly became small black dots, disappearing into the sky.
In a short time, they had risen a hundred meters, a thousand meters, and then ten thousand meters...
The Yamai sisters carried the Feces Devil upward, passing through layers of clouds and into the atmosphere.
The rapid ascent changed the Feces Devil's form. The atmospheric pressure and low temperature quickly froze its once-liquid form into solid, hardened matter.
Its body completely lost its vitality!
Furthermore, with the feces-filled streets below now far behind, the Feces Devil's power rapidly plummeted.
"How can this be! Why is my body changing like this? What kind of power is this? What have you done to me?"
The Feces Devil shrieked in fear, now completely unsettled. "Why is my body changing like this? What power is this? What have you done to me?!"
"This is the power of wisdom!" Kaguya Yamai pointed to her own head with her index finger. "If you can keep reassembling in liquid form, then we'll just freeze you into solid form! Defeating you was that easy!"
"Mocking, this is the consequence of underestimating Yuzuru and Kaguya Yamai," Yuzuru Yamai said flatly. "Once you reach a certain height, all liquids will solidify due to air pressure and temperature. You, who are tied to the ground, wouldn't know this, but Yuzuru and Kaguya Yamai are Wind Spirits of the sky. This is common knowledge to us."
Although this might have been common knowledge to elementary school students, the two said it with undeniable pride.
However, no matter how simple it seemed, it worked.
"I'm not just breaking the sound barrier today."
"Agreed, although you were just born in this world, please return to Hell now."
The Yamai sisters pulled with all their might.
The wind net that had surrounded the Feces Devil instantly contracted, effortlessly breaking the now solidified Feces Devil into countless tiny pieces.
It had suffered a heavy blow.
Having lost its ability to regenerate, the Feces Devil's power rapidly weakened, and its presence began to fade.
Soon, as its power continued to drain, the Feces Devil—born from the concept of all things in existence—disappeared from the human world.
At that moment, the filth still stuck to Hayakawa Aki's face lost its vitality and fell off.
Barely avoiding suffocation, Hayakawa Aki breathed deeply, not caring about the lingering stench in the air.
Having survived, he found that the air, which he couldn't touch or feel before, now seemed so sweet.
"Is it snowing?"
Denji looked up at the sky, seemingly trying to spot the Yamai sisters' movements.
However, he didn't see them. Instead, he noticed small particles falling from the sky, resembling snowflakes, landing on him.
Although they were a bit murky...
Not long after, the Yamai sisters returned triumphantly after taking care of the Feces Devil.
"Thank you."
After catching his breath, but still shaken from the ordeal, Hayakawa Aki thanked the Yamai sisters. "If it weren't for you two, Denji and I probably wouldn't have been able to deal with this Devil."
"Heh, no need to thank us. We did it for a higher score," Kaguya Yamai said proudly. "Thanks to my wisdom, Tokyo was saved. Make sure to report my achievements to Makima."
"That's natural."
In this battle, if there was an MVP, it was probably the Yamai sisters.
Power gave away her head early on, Hayakawa Aki's ambush failed and he got ambushed in return, and Denji didn't even transform into Chainsaw Man because he didn't want to roll around in the feces.
The only one who truly solved the Feces Devil was the Yamai sisters.
"Question, Kaguya Yamai was just cleaning up the mess she made. The real contributor is Yuzuru," Yuzuru Yamai teased.
"Huh? Don't make it sound like the Feces Devil appeared because of me!" Kaguya Yamai retorted.
"Wasn't it?"
"Of course not!"
Naturally, they began bickering again over who made the greatest contribution.
However, Hayakawa Aki didn't have the energy to stop them.
"Let's make a call and notify Makima-sama. Regardless, this Devil disaster has been perfectly resolved."
Hayakawa Aki reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone.
But in his mind, there was a nagging feeling that he had forgotten something.
What exactly did he forget...?
"By the way, how should we deal with this one?"
Just as Hayakawa Aki was pondering what he had forgotten, Denji dragged the unconscious Power over to the others.
Looking at this girl, who was still breathing but appeared to be in a vegetative state, Hayakawa Aki instantly remembered what he had forgotten.
"This one was affected by the Feces Devil's power, right?"
"Pretty much. She passed out right after defecating. That Feces Devil said it has the ability to erase personalities."
"What about what she expelled?"
"It was eaten by the Feces Devil."
"The Feces Devil?"
"Ask them, I don't know."
With that, Hayakawa Aki's gaze shifted to the Yamai sisters.
It was only then that the Yamai sisters belatedly realized they had made a big mistake.
"The Feces Devil..."
Kaguya Yamai awkwardly cleared her throat and pointed to the black snow around them.
"It's everywhere."